{"id":2966,"date":"2024-04-10T14:50:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:50:27","slug":"amnesty-day-may-6-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/amnesty-day-may-6-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty Day May 6, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Items must be placed by the curb before 7:00 AM on May 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">New this year, homes that do not meet requirements will receive a notice on their front door stating why items were not collected. Please recycle all items that can be recycled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8-2-e1712760532540.png\" alt=\"8-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"732\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ALLOWED:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Broken glass placed in a plastic bucket or other suitable container<\/li>\n<li>Windows and doors with broken glass will not be collected<\/li>\n<li>Small items placed in trash cans or plastic bags. Mark trash cans with an &#8220;X&#8221; if they are to be discarded. 40lb weight limit<\/li>\n<li>Large items such as furniture, mattresses, doors, beds, tires, chairs, toilets, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Please cut railroad ties, plastic, lumber, carpet and drywall in 4&#8242; or less lengths and tie in bundles<\/li>\n<li>Remove nails and screws from lumber, trim, drywall, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Metal<\/li>\n<li>Appliances need to be placed curbside separate from other items as they will be collected by a different crew. Refrigerators and freezers must be cleaned out prior to pick-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>NOT ALLOWED: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waste oil &amp; solvents<\/li>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Deposit beverage containers<\/li>\n<li>Pressurized tanks<\/li>\n<li>Cans with undried paint<\/li>\n<li>Cardboard<\/li>\n<li>Florescent bulbs<\/li>\n<li>Demolition project debris<\/li>\n<li>TV&#8217;s, Computer monitors &amp; other electronics <strong>(take these to Earth Day on April 20th)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Contact Linn County Solid Waste Agency for proper disposal instructions for items not allowed at Amnesty Day by phone at 319-377-5290 or online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidwasteagency.org\/\">https:\/\/www.solidwasteagency.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Items must be placed by the curb before 7:00 AM on May 6th New this year, homes that do not meet requirements will receive a notice on their front door stating why items were not<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/amnesty-day-may-6-2024\/\"> &#8230;Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-city-news","category-news","category-news-public-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2975,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}